IceWM


IceWM screenshot (IceDesert theme)
Developer(s)	Marko Maček
Initial release	1997; 16 years ago (1997)
Stable release	1.3.7 / October 16, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-10-16)
Preview release	1.3.8pre1 / November 19, 2011; 16 months ago (2011-11-19)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window Manager
License	GNU GPL and GNU LGPL
Website	www.icewm.org

IceWM's Start Menu is intended to resemble that of Windows 95

IceWM is a stacking window manager for the X Window System graphical infrastructure, written by Marko Maček. It was coded from scratch in C++ and is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.^[1] It is relatively lightweight in terms of memory and CPU usage, and comes with themes that allow it to imitate the GUI of Windows 95, OS/2, Motif, and other graphical user interfaces.^[1] IceWM is meant to excel in look and feel while being lightweight and customizable.

IceWM can be configured from plain text files^[1] stored in a user's home directory, making it easy to customize and copy settings. IceWM has an optional, built-in taskbar with menu, tasks display, network and CPU meters, mail check and configurable clock. Official support for GNOME and KDE menus was previously available as a separate package. In recent IceWM versions, support for them is embedded. External graphical programs for editing configuration^[1] and menu exist.

The Easy mode default desktop of the Asus Eee PC uses IceWM.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Saunders, Mike (March 2008). "Lightweight window managers". Linux Format (UK: Future Publishing) (103).
^ Paul, Ryan (14 November 2007). "Eeextremely Eeenticing: a review of the Asus Eee PC". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2008-06-16.

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